Scroll-biscuit machine



UNITED ,STATES v PATENT Fries.

ADAM EXTON, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

SCROLL-BISCUIT MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,278, dated January30, 1866.

Be it known th'at'fIgADAM EXTON, of Tren'f ton, in the countyr ot'Mercer` andState ot N ew Jersey, have in-tlentcd a new and usefulImprovement in Scroll-Biscuit Machines; and l do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part otlthis lspecification, in .which- Fignre'l'is a side view ofthe machine, partlyin section. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the machine; Fig. 3 isa perspective view'ot' a scroll vbiscuit or cracker baked' from a stripof dough creased by myiinproved machine.

l Similar letters of reference indicate like parts y v The object of myinvention is to furnish a machine by which strips of dough may becreased or tgured for making scroll-biscuit; and it consists inchanneling or creasing the grooves ot' rollers through which are passedthe strips ot' dough from which the biscuit are made. A

A is the frame of the machine in which the rollers are hung andoperated'. B and C are the-rollers, whiclrare groovcd with three or moresemicirc'ular grooves, D, in the manner represented in the drawings.These grooves D are 'then4 channeled or creased so as to imprint creasesor :figures upon the strips of The roller B revolves in bearings E inthe bottom of vertical slots formed in the end pieces of the frame A.Theroller O revolves upon the ,rollerv B, against which it is held downbythe screws F passing through the caps G and pressing upon pieces H,which ride,

upon the axles ot' the roller C, holding said roller in contact with thelower roller, B. Motion is communicated to the roller (l by the crank I,attached to the projecting end fot' the axle of said roller, asrepresented; and motion is communicated to the roller B by means ot' thegear-wheels J and K, as shown in Fig. 1.

l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentrlhc scroll-biscuitmachine constructedcwith creased rolls and adapted to operate as and forthe purpose herein described.

ADAM EXroN.

Witnesses:y y

M. M. LIVINGSTON, J AMES T. GRAHAM.

